Ufa is the largest city in and the capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the Ufa Plateau to the west of the southern Ural Mountains, with a population of over 1.1 million residents, up to 1.4 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Ufa is the tenth-most populous city in Russia, and the fourth-most populous city in the Volga Federal District.
Bashkortostan, officially the Republic of Bashkortostan, also known as Bashkiria, is a republic of Russia between the Volga and the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. The republic borders Perm Krai to the north, Sverdlovsk Oblast to the northeast, Chelyabinsk Oblast to the east, Orenburg Oblast to the south, Tatarstan to the west and Udmurtia to the northwest. It covers 143,600 square kilometres and has a population of 4 million. It is the seventh-most populous federal subject in Russia and the most populous republic. Its capital and largest city is Ufa.
Bashkir State University was located in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. Founded in 1909, it was a classical university of Russia.
Ufa International Airport is the primary airport serving Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, Russia.
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bashkortostan or just The Police of Bashkortostan is the interior ministry of Bashkortostan in Russia.
Majit Gafuri was a Bashkir and Tatar poet, writer, and playwright. He was one of the leaders of the democratic trend in Tatar literature and one of the founders of national children's literature.
The Gosagroprom Building is a building in Ufa, the capital of the republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is the headquarters of the Committee of construction and architecture, Committee of Transport and Roads and the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
Lenin Gardens was one of the first urban public parks in Ufa, Russia. The park is located in the city center, near the Belaya river and facing Governor's House, currently the home of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Bashkortostan; Republic House, the Bashkortostan seat of government; and the Bashkir Academic Drama Theater Mazhit Gafuri. In May 2022, the city began consideration of restoring the park's original name, Ushakovsky Park.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Novosibirsk, Russia.
The Governor's House is an historic neoclassical building on the corner of Tukayeva Street and Sovetskaya Street, Ufa, the capital city of Bashkortostan, Russia. From the 1860s to the October Revolution of 1917, the house was the residence of the local governor. During the Soviet era, it was initially the headquarters of the Ufa Soviet, and was later occupied by medical institutions. Since 1999, it has housed the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Bashkortostan.
Radiy Faritovich Khabirov is a Russian politician and statesman. He is the current Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan since 11 October 2018; he is also the Candidate of Law, Honored Lawyer of the Republic of Bashkortostan. He is a member of United Russia.
Snap presidential elections were held on 14 September 2014 in the autonomous republic of Bashkortostan to elect the President of the Republic of Bashkortostan. For the first time after an 11-year hiatus, the highest official of the republic was elected by popular vote.
Elvin Grey is the stage name of Radik Yulyakshin, a Russian pop singer and producer of Bashkir descent.
Minnigali Khabibullovich Gubaidullin was a lieutenant in the Red Army and a recipient of the title Hero of the Soviet Union. During World War II he commanded a machine-gun platoon in the 309th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 109th Guards Rifle Division.
Zekeria Sharafutdinovich Aknazarov - Soviet statesman and party leader. Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Bashkir ASSR (1962–1986).
Irek Ishmukhametovich Yalalov is a Russian politician who serves as Russian Federation Senator from Bashkortostan since 2018. Yalalov served as Mayor of Ufa from 2012 to 2018 and Minister of Housing and Communal Services of Bashkortostan from 2010 to 2011. Prior to that, he was a local politician.
Tazetdin (Tazi) Bagautdinovich Gilyazetdinov was commander of the Artillery Battery Fire Platoon, 665th Rifle Regiment, 216th Rifle Division, 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front, as a lieutenant. He was the last of the Heroes of the Soviet Union who lived in Bashkortostan.
Zukhra Sibgatovna Valeeva is a Russian master builder who has been the foreperson of the painters of the Komsomol Youth Brigade since 1968. Under her guidance, the company has constructed five-story buildings and then moved on to building schools, kindergartens, the Sports Palace, a department store and whole neighbourhoods in the city of Ufa. Valeeva was an elected deputy of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991. She has been decorated with the Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"; the Medal "For Labour Valour"; the Order of Labour Glory and the Medal "Veteran of Labour".
The Pikul housein Severodvinsk is a wooden two-story building at the intersection of Industrialnaya and Polyarnaya streets. The house is famous for the fact that future famous Soviet writer Valentin Savvich Pikul lived in it in 1940–1941.
The 2024 Bashkortostan protests are a series of protests started on 15 January 2024 beginning in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, sparked by the authorities initiating a criminal case against the Bashkir environmental activist Fail Alsynov, who was subsequently sentenced to four years in prison. This led to demonstrations in the town of Baymak, where at least 1,000 Bashkir protesters assembled. The protests resulted in clashes with the riot police, who in response deployed tear gas and batons against the protesters. The protests spread into the regional capital of Ufa on 19 January, where 10 people were arrested in response.
